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Osney Abbey

Osney Abbey is a house of Augustinian canons at Osney in Oxfordshire. Its place is inside Oxford’s built-up area. It counts as a scheduled monument.

Photo: Osney Abbey (Public domain)

Where

In Oxford

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Cathedral in Oxford

Inside Oxford

Osney Abbey is inside Oxford’s built-up area, with 48 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Oxford has 1,168 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Which month to go

May to September are the warmest in Oxford, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°60 mm

Feb8° / 2°47 mm

Mar11° / 3°44 mm

Apr14° / 5°49 mm

May17° / 8°57 mm

Jun20° / 11°50 mm

Jul23° / 13°55 mm

Aug22° / 13°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°54 mm

Oct15° / 8°74 mm

Nov11° / 5°73 mm

Dec8° / 2°67 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Oxford, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Oxford. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Oxford’s full climate →

About

Osney Abbey

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 4 languages. Top of the 77 other places within 15 km is Ashmolean Museum, 1 km off.

Oxford’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Cathedral
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Oxford

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Mapping Osney Abbey

On this map, Osney Abbey is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns close to Osney Abbey

Among the 8, Oxford is the biggest, home to 170,799 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Oxford

170,799 people · 55 places to visit

2 · 2.9 km southeast of it

Kennington

4,595 people · 53 places to visit

3 · 3.1 km south of it

Boars Hill

540 people · 52 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km southwest of it

Chawley

1,127 people · 49 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Osney Abbey is	People	Places to visit
Oxford	It’s in town	170,799	55
Kennington	2.9 km southeast of it	4,595	53
Boars Hill	3.1 km south of it	540	52
Chawley	3.3 km southwest of it	1,127	49
Wolvercote	3.9 km north of it	1,328	49
Cumnor	4.2 km southwest of it	829	7
Wootton (Vale of White Horse)	4.5 km southwest of it	2,428	8
Sandford-on-Thames	4.8 km southeast of it	500	40

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Nearby, 77 places within 15 km include 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle.

MuseumAshmolean Museum1 km away 2

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History1.5 km away 3

CastleOxford Castle Motte600 m away 4

Historic houseBeaumont Palace900 m away 5

MuseumPitt Rivers Museum1.5 km away 6

Historic houseBlenheim Palace12 km away 7

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden1.7 km away 8

MuseumMuseum of the History of Science1.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Osney Abbey: the answers

Where is Osney Abbey?

Osney Abbey is in Oxford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Osney Abbey?

House of Augustinian canons at Osney in Oxfordshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Osney Abbey?

May to September are the warmest months in Oxford, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Osney Abbey a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Osney Abbey?

Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (1 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (1.5 km), Oxford Castle Motte (600 m) and Beaumont Palace (900 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Osney Abbey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of the History of Science: Wiki alf at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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